It grew itself.No welding. No workshop.Hand tools and a weekend.Natural vibration damping.Tubing tested to BS ISO 22157.Every frame is one of one.Most builders start from scratch.Real engineering you can hold.Grown, not mined.Skills that outlast the bike.
We're a Community Interest Company with a bike shop attached, not a charity with a gift shop. Kits, workshops and team days sit alongside the education, prison and community programmes.
Bamboo Mobility Project CIC · 16257348: programmes, education and community delivery. Bamboo Bicycle Club London Ltd · 10809302: the workshop, kits and designs.
4,000+people trained
45countries
22universities and schools
4prison workshops running
2012building since
BBC training, customer and programme records, September 2026
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“[Bamboo Bicycle Club] taps into a psychological phenomenon known as ‘the IKEA effect’, which accounts for that extra bit of affection people reserve for objects they put together themselves.”
“[Bamboo Bicycle Club] taps into a psychological phenomenon known as ‘the IKEA effect’, which accounts for that extra bit of affection people reserve for objects they put together themselves.”
People in prison learn to build with bamboo and hand tools on two OCN London Level 2 courses: the six-week training in Workshop Skills and Sustainable Manufacturing, and the two-week Build to Bond balance-bike course.
A 2,000 sq ft dedicated workshop at our flagship prison site
90%+ completion across the prison programme
14 prison staff trained as instructors (September 2026)
10+ Makers have become peer mentors
Commissioned by prisons through the DPS and their own purchase orders.
From taster talks to full builds, young people design, cut and build with bamboo, gaining practical skills and confidence in school, college and community settings.
New rear supports and MDF locking keys, in a simple flat-pack setup that holds your frame while you build. Watch the animated overview, then explore the drawings and assembly guide.
Our six-week bamboo bike-building course is now live at HMP Lindholme, Doncaster — hand tools, an OCN London Level 2 course, and a first cohort already pitching their own business ideas.
An impact case study from our Project Zero workshop in Waltham Forest: 27 young people built bamboo bikes, with ratings that regularly reached 9–10/10, and grew in confidence — featuring Kyron, Mikiyas, Kenny and Najib, in their own words.
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